The Baghdad Cup () was a friendly football match hosted by Al-Shaab Stadium to conclude the Festival of Brotherhood, Love and Peace (), an event organised by the Iraqi Ministry of Youth and Sports on 16 June 2013. The match was contested by two of the country's top clubs, Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa, and fans were allowed free entry into the stadium for the occasion.
Al-Kadhimiya and Al-Adhamiya played against each other in a 30-minute match to open the festival; Al-Kadhimiya won 1–0 with a goal by Raddad Suhail and were awarded with the Love and Peace Cup trophy. Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa then faced off for the Baghdad Cup trophy which was won by Al-Shorta with a winning goal from substitute striker Hussein Karim in the 57th minute.
Match Details
GK 12 Mohammed GassidRB 6 Qasim ZaidanCB 22 Innocent AwoaCB 20 Fareed Majeed (c)LB 19 Ahmad AyadRM 14 Amjad KalafCM 5 Hussein Abdul-WahedCM 35 Ahmad FadhelLM 8 Mohammed FaiselCF 10 Muslim MubarakCF 13 Minusu BubaManager: Thair Jassam
GK 22 Ammar AliRB 3 Hussein JwayedCB 5 Aqeel QasimCB 2 Ashraf Abdul-KarimLB26 Ous Ibrahim (c)RM33 Namir HameedCM 16 Zaher MidaniCM 29 Ayad IbrahimLM 13 Amjad WaleedCF 10 Marwan HusseinCF 27 Ibrahim BahsounManager: Radhi Shenaishil
References
External links An image of the trophy